Hello there, playlist darlings. How are we all? It is I, your playlist curator, taking on the visage of Santa* in order to bring you all some b-sides you absolutely …
Read More »Bullet Points: Jin & Meisa divorce, plus just so much fandom fuckery, company news, and awards stuff
Hello and welcome to 2024! Been a rough start to things so far, at least in Korea and Japan, with the year beginning with political stabbings and earthquakes. Yeesh. Anyway, …
Read More »Quick Reviews: Taeyeon escapes a narcissist on “To. X”
Following last year’s expansive and ambitious “INVU” (closer to two years, really), Taeyeon returns this time with a more pared down concept and sound on “To. X“. A track that’s …
Read More »[Review] Chuu showcases what she wanted to with solo debut “Howl”
Finally free from Blockberry Creative, Chuu‘s career is already doing well thanks to her variety talent, but with “Howl” she’s setting out to prove her musical talent is up to …
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 9: The Semi-Finals and more eliminations get show back on track, but at what cost?
Episode 9 starts right where we left off, right after the eliminations of Episode 7. As the newly freed idols shuffle backstage, they receive flowers and letters from... themselves. MNet provides us with a heartfelt farewell to the five eliminated contestants, which was done right away and without wasting a week of time.
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 7: No surprises during 1st eliminations & new Top 7; Semi-Final teams and songs are decided
We are LIVE! And people are going to DIE be eliminated! But also, a live broadcasted episode means less content to cover, as we'll probably be spending 20% of the showtime waiting for Taeyeon to reveal the results only to cut to commercial break. I'm ok with this.
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 5: Extreme corn tea product placement can’t save boring, filler-like 1st half of All-Rounder Battle
Yeah this one wasn't a very interesting one. Predictable results, unpolished stage performances, no character development and no memes, this episode felt like one great-but-not-legendary performance and a whole lot of wasted time. I couldn't believe two hours had passed at the end of it all.
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 4: Reversals upon reversals as Re-mix Battle ends & All-Rounder Battle starts
Last week we saw the highs and lows of Team Cherry Bullet, but if you think we're done with the reversals you're highly mistaken.
Read More »SM Entertainment release statement, would basically like Taeyeon fans to stop sending protest trucks to their building
Towards the end of June, Taeyeon fans from Korea and China started sending protest trucks to the SM Entertainment building. The reason for it was basically mismanagement, especially regarding of …
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 2: Contestants get sweaty as the (frontloaded) Up-Down Battle concludes and the 7-vs-7 Team Battle begins
Hello and welcome back to your weekly Queendom Puzzle coverage, and we’re halfway through the introductory Up-Down Battle from last episode, only pausing for a quick dinner break before going …
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